Sold to a Monster The Bride Who Fought Back — Novel

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Irene Pruitt has always been caught in the crossfire of her mother’s relentless competition with her Aunt Grace. Raised in deprivation and forced to scavenge for scraps, she expects nothing but hardship. But when her mother makes a shocking decision to marry her off to the neighborhood monster—a man twice her age with a trail of dead wives behind him—she realizes how far her mother will go to win this twisted game.

As Irene grapples with her new reality, the stakes rise when she finds herself face-to-face with Rhys, her charming ex-boyfriend, now dating her cousin Stella. Memories of their past threaten to unravel her as she prepares to step into a life she never chose. Can she find a way to reclaim her identity amidst the chaos? Or will she succumb to her mother’s cruel ambitions, trapped in a marriage that feels more like a prison?

With tension simmering in every interaction and the looming threat of a life dictated by others, Irene must decide: will she remain the pawn in her mother’s game, or will she fight back against the monster and carve her own destiny? The battle for her future has only just begun.

Sold to a Monster The Bride Who Fought BackChapter 1

My mother spent half her life competing with my Aunt Grace Abbott, and nothing gave her more pleasure than doing the exact opposite of whatever Grace did.

Aunt Grace raised my cousin Stella with every luxury money could buy—never once hesitating to spend.

My mother, Vivian Pruitt, insisted on raising me in deprivation.

She forced me to scavenge through trash to feed myself. One steamed bun a day—that was my allowance.

"Coddling only breeds weakness. Hunger and hardship forge willpower. Someday you'll surpass your cousin by miles."

After graduation, Aunt Grace couldn't resist showing off that Stella had landed a boyfriend from a wealthy family.

That very same day, my mother tore my job offer to shreds—an offer from one of the top companies in the country.

Then she sold me off in marriage to the bald, four-times-married man next door. The bride price? One dollar.